My DBA Topic will be on: The Effectiveness of Training and Development on Employees Performance and Work Value.
Please answer the below questions based on the above DBA topic.
RESEARCH DESIGN
1. Is your research addressing a ‘what?’ (variance) question e.g. how do certain input variables affect certain output variables, or a ‘how?’ (process) question e.g. explaining how something happens by observing a sequence of activities?2. What level of access will you require to achieve this, from direct involvement (action research) to survey (broad data)?
For more information see Van de Ven, A. (2007) Engaged Scholarship, pp. 21.
THEORY BUILDING
1. What is the status of current theory regarding the problem (mature and accepted through to in its infancy and emergent)?2. What approach can you take to justify your theoretical outcome, deductive and certain (towards variance) or abductive most probable but not certain (middle ground) or inductive probable and general but not certain (towards process)?
For more information see Van de Ven, A. (2007) Engaged Scholarship, pp. 19.
PROBLEM SOLVING
1. Who are the stakeholders for this problem? What type of solution will they want? How can it be implemented (process) to influence causal factors (variance)?2. How will the knowledge you develop be communicated to meet their ‘want’? How can it be presented to different audiences in an accessible manner?
For more information see Van de Ven, A. (2007) Engaged Scholarship, pp. 24.
PROBLEM FORMULATION
1. To whom is your problem relevant? Who is experiencing the problem?2. Is the problem applicable beyond your own frame of reference? Do others identify ‘your’ problem in the same way? How can you make ‘your’ problem relevant to others?
For more information see Van de Ven, A. (2007) Engaged Scholarship, pp. 17.
